2025. no 2. Ismail Kerimov

On an unknown work by А.S. Aivazov “The life of nations” (1906–1907)

Ismail Kerimov
Fevzi Yakubov Crimean Engineering and Pedagogical University;
Marjani Institute of History of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences

Abstract. Almost 120 years passed since publication of A.S. Aivazov’s voluminous article “What Determines the Life of Nations?” in the magazine “Füyuzat” (“Blessing”) published in Baku in 1906–1907. This article remains unknown to contemporary Crimean Tatar researchers and Turkologists. Published over five issues of the magazine, it foreshadowed his public and political thought, which was fully reflected later during the work of the First Parliament – Kurultai of the Crimean Tatar people in 1917–1918, where he served as a chairman for a certain period of time. The history of formation of nations, their life, culture, literature, economy, traditions and duration of their existence are the main questions raised and explored in this article.

Keywords: A.S. Aivazov, pre-revolutionary journalism, life of nations, national culture

For citation: Kerimov I.A. An unknown work by A.S. Aivazov “The life of nations” (1906–1907). Krymskoe istoricheskoe obozrenie=Crimean Historical Review. 2025, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 94–101. DOI: 10.22378/kio.2025.2.94-101 (In Crimean Tatar)

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About the author: Ismail A. Kerimov – Dr. Sci. (Philology), Professor, Director of the Research Institute of the Crimean Tatar Philology, History and Culture of the Crimea Ethnoses, Fevzi Yakubov Crimean Engineering and Pedagogical University (8, Uchednyy lane, Simferopol 295015, Russian Federation); Leading Research Fellow of the Crimean Scientific Center, Marjani Institute of History of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences (7, Baturin Str., Kazan 420111, Russian Federation); alimes@mail.ru